Winning the Mind Game: The Role of the Ransomware Negotiator

Winning the Mind Game: The Role of the Ransomware Negotiator,

Get exclusive insights from a real ransomware negotiator who shares authentic stories from network hostage situations and how he managed them.
The Ransomware Industry
Ransomware is an industry. As such, it has its own business logic: organizations pay money, in crypto-currency, in order to regain control over their systems and data.
This industry’s landscape is made up of approximately 10-20

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Get exclusive insights from a real ransomware negotiator who shares authentic stories from network hostage situations and how he managed them.
The Ransomware Industry
Ransomware is an industry. As such, it has its own business logic: organizations pay money, in crypto-currency, in order to regain control over their systems and data.
This industry’s landscape is made up of approximately 10-20

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/winning-mind-game-role-of-ransomware.html

New PowerDrop Malware Targeting U.S. Aerospace Industry

New PowerDrop Malware Targeting U.S. Aerospace Industry,

An unknown threat actor has been observed targeting the U.S. aerospace industry with a new PowerShell-based malware called PowerDrop.
« PowerDrop uses advanced techniques to evade detection such as deception, encoding, and encryption, » according to Adlumin, which found the malware implanted in an unnamed domestic aerospace defense contractor in May 2023.
« The name is derived from the tool,

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An unknown threat actor has been observed targeting the U.S. aerospace industry with a new PowerShell-based malware called PowerDrop.
« PowerDrop uses advanced techniques to evade detection such as deception, encoding, and encryption, » according to Adlumin, which found the malware implanted in an unnamed domestic aerospace defense contractor in May 2023.
« The name is derived from the tool,

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/new-powerdrop-malware-targeting-us.html

New Malware Campaign Leveraging Satacom Downloader to Steal Cryptocurrency

New Malware Campaign Leveraging Satacom Downloader to Steal Cryptocurrency,

A recent malware campaign has been found to leverage Satacom downloader as a conduit to deploy stealthy malware capable of siphoning cryptocurrency using a rogue extension for Chromium-based browsers.
« The main purpose of the malware that is dropped by the Satacom downloader is to steal BTC from the victim’s account by performing web injections into targeted cryptocurrency websites, » Kaspersky

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A recent malware campaign has been found to leverage Satacom downloader as a conduit to deploy stealthy malware capable of siphoning cryptocurrency using a rogue extension for Chromium-based browsers.
« The main purpose of the malware that is dropped by the Satacom downloader is to steal BTC from the victim’s account by performing web injections into targeted cryptocurrency websites, » Kaspersky

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/new-malware-campaign-leveraging-satacom.html

Over 60K Adware Apps Posing as Cracked Versions of Popular Apps Target Android Devices

Over 60K Adware Apps Posing as Cracked Versions of Popular Apps Target Android Devices,

Thousands of adware apps for Android have been found to masquerade as cracks or modded versions of popular apps to redirect users to serve unwanted ads to users as part of a campaign ongoing since October 2022.
« The campaign is designed to aggressively push adware to Android devices with the purpose to drive revenue, » Bitdefender said in a technical report shared with The Hacker News. « However,

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Thousands of adware apps for Android have been found to masquerade as cracks or modded versions of popular apps to redirect users to serve unwanted ads to users as part of a campaign ongoing since October 2022.
« The campaign is designed to aggressively push adware to Android devices with the purpose to drive revenue, » Bitdefender said in a technical report shared with The Hacker News. « However,

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/over-60k-adware-apps-posing-as-cracked.html

5 Reasons Why IT Security Tools Don’t Work For OT

5 Reasons Why IT Security Tools Don’t Work For OT

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Attacks on critical infrastructure and other OT systems are on the rise as digital transformation and OT/IT convergence continue to accelerate. Water treatment facilities, energy providers, factories, and chemical plants — the infrastructure that undergirds our daily lives could all be at risk. Disrupting or manipulating OT systems stands to pose real physical harm to citizens, environments, and

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Attacks on critical infrastructure and other OT systems are on the rise as digital transformation and OT/IT convergence continue to accelerate. Water treatment facilities, energy providers, factories, and chemical plants — the infrastructure that undergirds our daily lives could all be at risk. Disrupting or manipulating OT systems stands to pose real physical harm to citizens, environments, and

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/5-reasons-why-it-security-tools-dont.html

Zero-Day Alert: Google Issues Patch for New Chrome Vulnerability – Update Now!

Zero-Day Alert: Google Issues Patch for New Chrome Vulnerability – Update Now!,

Google on Monday released security updates to patch a high-severity flaw in its Chrome web browser that it said is being actively exploited in the wild.
Tracked as CVE-2023-3079, the vulnerability has been described as a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript engine. Clement Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been credited with reporting the issue on June 1, 2023.
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Google on Monday released security updates to patch a high-severity flaw in its Chrome web browser that it said is being actively exploited in the wild.
Tracked as CVE-2023-3079, the vulnerability has been described as a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript engine. Clement Lecigne of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has been credited with reporting the issue on June 1, 2023.
« Type

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/zero-day-alert-google-issues-patch-for.html

Cyclops Ransomware Gang Offers Go-Based Info Stealer to Cybercriminals

Cyclops Ransomware Gang Offers Go-Based Info Stealer to Cybercriminals,

Threat actors associated with the Cyclops ransomware have been observed offering an information stealer malware that’s designed to capture sensitive data from infected hosts.
« The threat actor behind this [ransomware-as-a-service] promotes its offering on forums, » Uptycs said in a new report. « There it requests a share of profits from those engaging in malicious activities using its malware. »

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Threat actors associated with the Cyclops ransomware have been observed offering an information stealer malware that’s designed to capture sensitive data from infected hosts.
« The threat actor behind this [ransomware-as-a-service] promotes its offering on forums, » Uptycs said in a new report. « There it requests a share of profits from those engaging in malicious activities using its malware. »

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/cyclops-ransomware-gang-offers-go-based.html

Chinese PostalFurious Gang Strikes UAE Users with Sneaky SMS Phishing Scheme

Chinese PostalFurious Gang Strikes UAE Users with Sneaky SMS Phishing Scheme,

A Chinese-speaking phishing gang dubbed PostalFurious has been linked to a new SMS campaign that’s targeting users in the U.A.E. by masquerading as postal services and toll operators, per Group-IB.
The fraudulent scheme entails sending users bogus text messages asking them to pay a vehicle trip fee to avoid additional fines. The messages also contain a shortened URL to conceal the actual

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A Chinese-speaking phishing gang dubbed PostalFurious has been linked to a new SMS campaign that’s targeting users in the U.A.E. by masquerading as postal services and toll operators, per Group-IB.
The fraudulent scheme entails sending users bogus text messages asking them to pay a vehicle trip fee to avoid additional fines. The messages also contain a shortened URL to conceal the actual

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/chinese-postalfurious-gang-strikes-uae.html

Zyxel Firewalls Under Attack! Urgent Patching Required

Zyxel Firewalls Under Attack! Urgent Patching Required,

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday placed two recently disclosed flaws in Zyxel firewalls to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-33009 and CVE-2023-33010, are buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could enable an unauthenticated attacker to cause a

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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday placed two recently disclosed flaws in Zyxel firewalls to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.
The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-33009 and CVE-2023-33010, are buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could enable an unauthenticated attacker to cause a

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/zyxel-firewalls-under-attack-urgent.html

Microsoft: Lace Tempest Hackers Behind Active Exploitation of MOVEit Transfer App

Microsoft: Lace Tempest Hackers Behind Active Exploitation of MOVEit Transfer App,

Microsoft has officially linked the ongoing active exploitation of a critical flaw in the Progress Software MOVEit Transfer application to a threat actor it tracks as Lace Tempest.
« Exploitation is often followed by deployment of a web shell with data exfiltration capabilities, » the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in a series of tweets today. « CVE-2023-34362 allows attackers to

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Microsoft has officially linked the ongoing active exploitation of a critical flaw in the Progress Software MOVEit Transfer application to a threat actor it tracks as Lace Tempest.
« Exploitation is often followed by deployment of a web shell with data exfiltration capabilities, » the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said in a series of tweets today. « CVE-2023-34362 allows attackers to

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/06/microsoft-lace-tempest-hackers-behind.html